Cynthia Slaughter is the organization’s secretary and treasurer and is Cherokee, Choctaw, and Irish. She explains there’s tons of Native American history that can be seen here on the South Plains.

Dane Poolaw, 38, who is part of the Kiowa tribe in Oklahoma, demonstrates signs in Kiowa Sign Language, a dialect of Plains Indian Sign Language.

The Native Americans of the pre-Columbian Great Plains are not the stars of history books. They’ve been described as hunters and gatherers on sparsely populated land far from European colonies ...

One group that continues to strive for to keep the cultures of the South Plains native peoples alive is The Native American People of the Plains and Beyond, an intertribal organization that was ...

On “The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Robe, c.1700 – 1740, Eastern Plains artist, probably Illinois, Mid-Mississippi River basin, Native tanned ...

American Indians and Native Alaskans face a “disproportionate burden” of oral health disease in the U.S. from childhood onward, a crisis with roots in structural racism and exacerbated by lack ...

Bismarck artist Shane Balkowitsch will open his new exhibit, “Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective,” at the Spirit Room on Saturday, Aug. 20.

In April 2025, the NAPPB is also looking to host an intertribal powwow, a Native American gathering that features dancing, singing, and celebration of heritage. “For the longest time, Native Americans ...